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CHINA-S&T: STATE COUNCIL WHITE PAPER STATES THAT BEIDOU NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM HAS CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND CHINA LAUNCHED 30 BDS SATELLITES INTO ORBIT IN 3 YEARS

Xinhua (November 4), quoting a white paper published on November 4 by the State Council Information Office said that China has developed the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into a top-class system with cutting-edge technologies, pioneering design and powerful functions. Titled "China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System in the New Era," the white paper said the BDS has reached a world-leading level in core technologies in terms of hybrid constellation, inter-satellite links, and signal structure. It said BDS is compatible with other navigation satellite systems and capable of providing diversified and specialized services. It also highlighted BeiDou's outstanding batch production capability, saying that in less than three years, 18 rockets had carried 30 BDS satellites into orbit, "a pace unmatched by any other country."